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Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... common to screen equity on ESG factors, and for real estate, especially the listed sector, there's information about governance, but beyond that, the E[nvironmental] and the S[ocial], there is not a lot of information about those issues. The investors ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... guide also lays out environmental and social issues into four themes, while stating that investors' expectations around governance "have already been comprehensively documented elsewhere" and refers to best practice under the governance heading. Under ...

ACSI CEO elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Investors, has been elected to the Principle for Responsible Investment's Advisory Council, PRI's strategic governance body. Ann Byrne Byrne is one of six candidates to join the board. Two are asset owners -Else Bos, chief executive of ...

Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors have flagged the issue of board directors' capacity as a key governance issue. While neither investors, advisory groups, nor the directors believe there should be a hard and fast rule for the number of directorships that can ...

Citibank Australia appoints Samantha Mostyn non-executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... said Richard Warburton, Chairman of Citigroup Pty Limited. "She brings to the role a wealth of experience in corporate governance and financial services from which the bank will greatly benefit." Citibank Australia is not a listed company on the ASX. ...

Chartered Secretaries advise EU to use comply or explain codes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... (CSA) have advised the European Commission (EC) to adopt a "comply or explain" principles-based approach to corporate governance. CSA is responding to a green paper on corporate governance codes published by the commission and put out for public comment. ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank has filed its first annual report to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) since becoming a signatory in 2010. The UNGC is a voluntary business initiative in which signatories commit to aligning their operations and strategies with 10 human ...

ACSI releases study on ASX200 ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Reporting Journey, which evaluates how ASX200 companies disclose information on their environmental, social and governance risks. ACSI divided companies' disclosures into five levels - no reporting, basic reporting, developing, enhanced ...

Four Australians up for election to UNPRI council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... while 31 investment manager/service providers are running four seats for non-asset owners. The Advisory Council is the governance body for the PRI. The new governance structure of the PRI Advisory Council will be made up of 16 members: the Chair, two ...

Solaris Investment Management appoint ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Youhanna added. Domagala has set up a database framework to centralise information relating to environmental, social and governance factors - information that is pushed out to Solaris's analysts, and also serves to collect information that the analysts ...